Featured
ForeWord Finalists 2013
Awards season is coming around again, and Jill Malone and Z Egloff have plenty to celebrate. The finalists for the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards 2013 have just been announced, and both authors have been nominated in the category Gay and Lesbian (Adult... More →
Wynn Malone Earns Great Reviews
Since it was published this spring, Finding the Grain has been picking up great reviews for Wynn Malone. For Lambda Literary, Anna Furtado writes that “Wynn Malone has given us a story that is a reflection of an everlasting love that makes us sigh... More →
Marianne K. Martin awarded the Alice B. Medal
Congratulations to Marianne K. Martin! She has just been selected as a 2014 winner of the Alice B. Reader’s Appreciation Medal, which is given annually to honour writers of lesbian fiction for their “body of work.” The Alice B. Committee is a group... More →
ALA honors Hilary Sloin
Congratulations to Hilary Sloin! Her debut novel Art on Fire has been awarded the 2014 Stonewall Book Award–Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the American Library Association. Every year, the Stonewall Book Awards Committee of the ALA recognises... More →
ALA honors Z Egloff & Jill Malone
Congratulations to Z Egloff and Jill Malone! Every January, the American Library Association (ALA) and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) present the Rainbow Book List. This highlights books with “significant and authentic... More →
Best 13 Reads of 2013
At the end of 2013, Jerry Wheeler of Out In Print rounded up the best books he’d read over the year: “I came across some absolutely amazing books in 2013 . . . This list is in no particular order, but they are all excellent. If you haven’t... More →
Events
Elana Dykewomon at OLOC
Elana Dykewomon will be reading during Writers’ Night on July 26, at the OLOC More →
Hilary Sloin Readings
Hilary Sloin will be reading from her debut novel Art on Fire at two events this More →
Bywater at Saints and Sinners 2014
The eleventh annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival takes place May 15–18, More →
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Newsletters
December 2013
We love good books, just like you do December 2013 Welcome to Bywater Books Dear More →
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Authors
Z Egloff
Z Egloff won the Bywater Prize for Fiction with her debut novel Verge. Her second More →
Katherine V. Forrest
Katherine V. Forrest is credited as a founding mother of lesbian literature and the More →
Baxter Trautman
Baxter Clare Trautman earned a Masters degree in Biology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo More →
Judith Katz
Judith Katz is the author of two novels, The Escape Artist and Running Fiercely Toward More →
Paula Martinac
Paula Martinac is the author of three novels, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning More →
Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a bestselling writer whose novels have been translated into over More →
Stella Duffy
Stella Duffy is a multi-talented writer and director whose many awards include the More →
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News
Julie Marie Wade Interviewed
Julie Marie Wade was interviewed by Late Night Library, which seeks to promote writers More →
An interview with Georgia Beers
Recently, Georgia Beers was interviewed by Jae. She talked about giving up the day More →
Sally Bellerose on the Radio
Recently, Sally Bellerose appeared on the Liz McMullen Show, reading a chapter from More →
Jill Malone at Get Lit!
Jill Malone will be taking part in the 2014 Get Lit! festival. This week-long festival More →
Stella Duffy directs Expectations
Stella Duffy is directing Expectations, a new play by Emma Deakin. It’s “a More →
96 Hours on AUDIBLE
96 Hours by Georgia Beers has just become an audiobook! It can now be pre-ordered More →
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Submissions
Submission Form
We are currently not accepting submissions. We will post a notice here when we are once again accepting submissions. Thank you. More →
Submission Tips
The Basics: 1. Follow Directions While it may seem that publishers are in a conspiracy to force you to make changes every time you have to submit a manuscript, this is not the case.... More →
Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books
How to Submit Your Manuscript Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers. We are especially interested in mysteries, romances and general... More →
